Neville linebacker Ashari Goins is the All-NELA Team Big School Defensive Player of the Year

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Adam Hunsucker
ahunsucker@thenewsstar.com

As a rising sophomore in 2011, Goins was able to grab hold of one of the starting linebacker spots at Neville High School - not an easy accomplishment given the stature of that program. He had talent, but youth coupled with inexperience left him fully unable to grasp the moment.

Luckily for Goins, there was someone lined up next to him that had been there and could show him the way. ...